Muertos and monsters and myths, oh my!

I won’t be able to attend this show Saturday at Joe Lopez’s Gallista Gallery, but it promises to present works that celebrate all that’s All Hallows Eve and Day of the Dead. San Antonio artists Dennis Ochoa, Imelda Robles and Martha Stroud, three friends who bonded in the art department of the San Antonio Express-News, are the stars of the show.

In full disclosure, they’re all friends of mine, too. As a collector of their work, I actually have every reason to lead you away from South Flores Street this weekend. It’s where “CUCUY! Muertos, Monsters and Myths” opens at 4 p.m. Saturday, in the midst of this weekend’s SMART Fair, which should be a blast, too.

Stop by. You won’t regret it.

And here’s a look at the amazing work of the show’s youngest participant, Maya Ochoa.